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New page: '''Verkhovna Rada''' (Ukrainian: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the Ukrainian Parliament. It is a unicameral legislature wit...
'''Verkhovna Rada''' ([[Ukrainian]]: Верховна Рада України, or ''Supreme Council'') is the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Parliament]]. It is a [[unicameral]] legislature with 450 deputies elected on the basis of equal and direct universal suffrage through a secret ballot. They meet in the Verkhovna Rada Building in [[Kyiv]], the capital city in [[Ukraine]].
Verkhovna Rada is the sole body of legislative power in Ukraine.
On April 2, 2007, President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolved Verkhovna Rada and ordered the that early [[parliament|parliamentary]] elections be held on May 27, 2007<ref>http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/THE_DECREE_OF_THE_PRESIDENT_OF_UKRAINE.rtf</ref>. Due to protest, they were later postponed to June 24, 2007<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6594037.stm</ref>. [[Ukraine|Ukraine's]] [[Constitutional Court]] is considering an appeal against his order.
== References==
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== Links ==
[http://portal.rada.gov.ua/ Verkhovna Rada Official Site]
[[category:Ukraine]]
Verkhovna Rada is the sole body of legislative power in Ukraine.
On April 2, 2007, President [[Viktor Yushchenko]] dissolved Verkhovna Rada and ordered the that early [[parliament|parliamentary]] elections be held on May 27, 2007<ref>http://www.minjust.gov.ua/files/THE_DECREE_OF_THE_PRESIDENT_OF_UKRAINE.rtf</ref>. Due to protest, they were later postponed to June 24, 2007<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6594037.stm</ref>. [[Ukraine|Ukraine's]] [[Constitutional Court]] is considering an appeal against his order.
== References==
<references/>
== Links ==
[http://portal.rada.gov.ua/ Verkhovna Rada Official Site]
[[category:Ukraine]]